Process for production of biomass from a cereal medium, use of the obtained products and bread leavening agent

摘要

Prodn. of a yeast culture for direct use in bread-making comprises culturing at least one yeast strain in a medium produced by preparing a dil. aq. mixt. contg. wholemeal wheat flour and/or wheat germ; completely converting the starch in the mixt. to fermentable sugars by hydrolysis with alpha -amylase and amyloglucosidase; and converting at least part of the gluten in the mixt. to peptides and amino acids by hydrolysis with food-grade proteolytic enzymes. Also claimed is a bread-making culture comprising Saccharomyces cerevisiae Steineri DSM 9211.